Ludhiana, September 22
As if the brute force that the police used mercilessly against veterinary students on the Punjab Agricultural University campus yesterday was not enough, it has now registered an FIR against them.

Interestingly, the FIR has been lodged in the Sarabha Nagar police station on a complaint of Mr Sandeep Kumar Vadera, SHO, Sadar police station, the main person behind resorting to unprovoked lathicharge on students on the campus.

The FIR has been registered under Sections 353, 186, 187, 341, 506 and 149 of the IPC against nearly 200 students, including girls. No arrests have been made so far. Surprisingly, the police has accused the students of preventing it from performing its duty, issuing threats and “illegally confining cops on the campus”.

The registration of the FIR against the students has led to widespread resentment among students, their parents and the public. They said it amounted to adding insult to injury. Students ridiculed the police claims that it was prevented from performing its duty and was threatened.

One of the victims of yesterday’s police brutality, who has been named in the FIR, asked, “How could 20-odd girls illegally confine over 100 cops wielding lathis?” She said the FIR should have been registered against the cops who misbehaved with them in full public view.